House Proceeding 04-24-07 on Apr 24th, 2007 :: 0:08:02 to 0:09:23
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Speech By: Tom Price

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Tom Price: minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. johnson: madam speaker, i rise to address my concerns for the 5.4 million texans who are without health insurance. nearly 25% of texans

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: are uninsured. that's the highest rate in the entire country. the irony is that dallas and other cities have great health care networks. the problem is that of access to care. in dallas

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: there are many examples of health care excellence including parkland memorial hospital, bailey university center, u.t. southwest medical school, the dallas veterans administration hospital, and others.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: however the price of insurance is robbing texans of access to the appropriate medical care. emergency rooms are overcrowded. only half of the texas children are covered by employment-based

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: insurance. madam speaker, we must fix the problem of the uninsured. affordable, accessible health care coverage should be available to every american. health care should not be a cash cow for the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: insurance companies. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? mr. pence: i ask unanimous consent to

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pence: thank you, madam speaker.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: as president bush said yesterday, this is a tough time in iraq. this week congress will hear from our commander in baghdad here on capitol hill. and i suspect we will hear what i heard from

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Mike Pence: general petraeus on the streets of baghdad just three weeks ago. that is that despite a recent wave of insurgent bombing, this war is not lost. in fact, because of the president's surge and

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Speech By: Mike Pence